TU Magazines

Would YOU hire you? By Monica M. Marrow/Women@Work Absolutely nothing. That’s what the typical hiring manager knows about you, and he or she has no information to go on other than what you provide on a sheet of paper. More times than not your résumé, sent through cyberspace in response to an ad for a […]
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Performance Anxiety By Jennifer Gish/Women@Work Early in her career, Jennifer Regan, now the director of marketing and business development for MVP Health Care, struggled to hear constructive criticism. High performers, she says, sometimes have a hard time facing areas where they may not be strong. But someone once told her that constructive criticism dealt early […]
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Surviving a Media Crisis By Anna Zernone Giorgi/Women@Work It can happen to you. Maybe you’ll see it coming or maybe you’ll be the last to know. Maybe it will be your fault or maybe you’ll be the victim. No matter what the issue, cause or outcomes, a disaster or emergency can strike your business at […]
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Bringing life to communities … and communities to life By Laurie Lynn Fischer/Women@Work The payoff is social, not fiscal, for investors in the Community Loan Fund of the Capital Region. Since 1985, this not-for-profit has promoted community development for the economically underserved in 11 New York counties, using pooled donations and investments from more than 500 […]
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Think Like Another By Brianna Snyder/Women@Work The central point of What Keeps Leaders Up at Night: Recognizing and Resolving Your Most Troubling Management Issues is basically one thing: empathy. “Being human is a messy, quirky, complicated, frustrating, perplexing, and sometimes frightening experience,” writes Nicole Lipkin, Leaders’ author. “All leaders and managers should invest as much […]
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By Silvia Meder Lilly/Women@Work There’s nothing like a new year to prompt us to pause, reflect and focus on where we are and where we hope ultimately to be. Which areas of your life fail to satisfy? Are you in need of inspiration? Fortunately, 2014 comes complete with 365 days of fresh starts and new […]
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The Happy Eater By Brianna Snyder/Women@Work Holly Shelowitz was working as a professional photographer when she realized her passion for cooking. “All throughout my [photography] career i was always taking cooking classes and nutrition classes and I loved being a creative artist,” she says. “In retrospect, that was funding my nutrition education.” For 15 years […]
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I Resolve to… By Merci Miglino/Women@Work During the chorus of clinking champagne glasses or amid the ritual countdown bidding good-bye to 2013 and hello to 2014, someone will inevitably turn to you and ask, “What’s your New Year’s resolution?” Often our answers involve some promise to bring more balance into our lives, to work less […]
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It’s Not Personal By Merci Miglino/Women@Work Don’t take it so personally. This little bit of advice is offered day in and day out in the workplace for obvious reasons. Making the work at hand about the work at hand rather than personal, for instance, can help people discuss potentially tricky concepts and issues with less […]
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By Stacey Morris/Women@Work If you’re like many residents of the Capital District who make a winter escape a priority, why not head a little farther south this year and experience immersion into another culture with no passport required?
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